Button attachment for garments.



No. 787,560. PATENTED APR.18,1905..

J. D. BURNS. v

BUTTON ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1904.

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' PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH D. BURNS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BUTTON ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,560, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 25, 1904. $erial No. 218,052.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

employ for this purpose a wire which is per- 7 manently attached to a button and formed with a spiral coil adjacent to the latter, the wire being extended laterally from the coil to form a piercing-point and lever, which is utilized in applying the button to a garment.

The invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

' which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of my improved button attachment, the button proper being shown in section. Fig. '2 is a face View of the button shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side and sectional view of a modified form of button attachment. Fig. 3 is a sectional view 'show ing the attachment proper without the button proper, which is illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is an inner face view of another modified form of button attachment. Fig. 5.includes a face and side view of the wire coil and shank attached to a button, the coil being provided with teeth for a purpose hereinafter specified. Fig. 6 is a view showing a button secured to the Waistband of trousers, the said waistband being represented in section. Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the manner of applying the button attachment to a garment. Fig. 8 is an inner face view, part being broken away, showing a button attached to the waistband of trousers when the bent shank or piercing-point is arranged in horizontal position.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a button 1 is provided with a central opening, which is countersunk on the outer side or face. The

attaching device comprises a wire having a head 2, a spiral OOll 3, and a piercing-point and lever portion 4, extending laterally from the coil and lying substantially in a plane parallel to the face of the button. The head 2 rests in the countersink of the button, and .the hole 5 in the latter is made considerably larger than the Wire which passes through it, so that the button is loosely attached and adapted to rotate freely.

As shown in Fig. 3, instead of applying the button 1 directly to the wire-attaching device the attachment is made by means of a concavo-convex disk 6, which is inserted and held securely in' a recess in the back of the button, the attachment to the wire being loose, as before described.

For attaching the button to a garment the piercing-point 4 is inserted through the cloth and then turned down parallelto the inner side of the same, as shown in Fig. 7. Pressure is then applied to the part 4, so as to rotate it in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7, whereby the coil is worked through the cloth until it assumes the position indicated in Fig. 6. It will be seen that in this manipulation the part 4 serves as a lever and constitutes the sole means by which the attachment is made. In order that the extended portion or piercing-point 4 may lie close to the cloth, as shown in Fig. 6, after the attachment has been made, the same is bent inward at 7, so that the piercing-point and lever 4 lie in a plane nearer the button-head than the outer convolution of the coil 3. This prevents the point 4 from coming in contact with the 1ining of the garment while the attachment is in use.

As shown in Fig. 5, where the wire coil and point are shown enlarged, one or more of the convolutions of the coil 3 are provided with teeth which incline in a direction contrary to that in which the'coil is rotated in applying the device. This construction affords an additional safeguard against loosening of the attachment by possible rotationof the coil with relation to the cloth. In other words, the teeth referred to engage the fabric, so that backward rotation of the coil is impossible.

Another feature of my improvement is the provision of a hook adjacent to the button,

the same being formed by the first convolution, or rather the beginning of the first convolution, of the coil. As shown in Fig. 6, the part referred to, which is indicated by the numeral 8, projects upward, and thus forms practically a hook, which lies on the inner side of the fabric as. Thus upward tension on the button when a suspendenend is at tached thereto results in upward tension on the hook 8 and in turn on the garment ac, which draws downward between the hook and button, as will be readily understood. There is therefore no tendency of the fabric to work off or backward on the coil, as would bathe case if the part 8 projected downward 7 instead of upward.

In Fig. 8 I show a button 1 secured to the waistband of trousers x by means of a 1: wire in substantially the same manner as before indicated; but in this case the shank 4 is inclosed in a hem formed on the upper edge 'of'the cloth, and the hook 8 is held in the proper position for engaging the cloth, as

shownin Fig. 6.

In some cases it is desirable to attach the wire fastening to a button eccentrically, as indicated in. Fig. 4. This arrangement is applied especially to military and police buttons'having an embossed face or a figure in relief.

"Byimy improved construction of the attaching device proper and the connection of the same with the button proper the latter may be quickly applied to a garment at any desired point without the aid of stitches, and

when so applied it is securely held while in use, yet may be detached,if required.

What I claim is 1. A button attachment for garments comprising a button proper, a bent-wire shank attached to said button and having a spiral coil, the piercing point or portion extending laterally from said coil and being bent inward where it joins the coil, so that the entire body of the piercing-point lies in a plane nearer the plane of the button than the outer convolution of the coil, substantially as described.

2. The improved button attachment comprising a button iproper and an attaching device consisting o' a wire formed as a coil and having a piercing-point extended therefrom,

the opposite end of the wire being provided with a head, and a disk rotatably attached to the head and secured to the button proper, 

